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This week I had a chance to run my Agfa print of F/X! A unique thrill
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Last night I ran the 1955 film "Picnic." My print is a black and white version... The original was in color. This movie always seems strange to me in the casting. William Holden was 37 and Kim Novak was 22. William Holden plays a character that would be 10 years younger than his actual age. This movie is a typical '50s with over the top stereotypical characters and dialogue. Despite its flaws it's a classic... Especially the dance scene with William Holden and Kim Novak at the picnic.
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Last night after having dinner at my son's house I came home and watched Michael Keaton (One of my favorite actors)... In "Multiplicity" (1996) with co-star Andy McDowell. My TV pan and scan print doesn't do this films special effects justice, but it is still a fun watch.
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Last night I watched "Time After Time" (1979). It had been exactly one year since I screened this print and it's always a fun watch. It's definitely a low budget sci-fi film with early attempts at special effects. However the casting is very good in this film. David Warner as Jack the Ripper is truly frightening and Malcolm McDowell's H.G. Wells is just the antithesis of Warner's character... warm and vulnerable. My print has very good color and sound. I'm so glad to have this film in my collection.
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It had been a couple of weeks since I had the chance to run a film, since I’ve been working on my own. So last night I went with Mr. Bond!Attached FilesComment
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A Coronet film from 1970 about becoming self sufficient.Comment
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Tonight I watched one of my purchases from CHC's 16mm open day that took place a few weeks ago, together with a short from the BFCC.
1x 200' - Pieces of Silver - Presented by Kodak featuring the progress of movie photography from the first 100 years, featuring film snippets, adverts and famous news reel images.
2x 1600' - You Light Up My Life - Starring Didi Conn (she of "Grease" fame). The story of a girl who's father wants her to do stand up comedy all her life, when really her heart and talent lies in singing, acting and composing. A not too heavy film as you can imagine. I must say that the colour has stood up very well although there are one or two sporadic scratches along the way but nothing serious.Comment
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Last Night:
Reel one of three of Bill Mason's "Cry of the Wild" (1972, National Film Board of Canada). In this film maybe my favorite filmmaker slings a 16mm camera with a lens that looks like he should be able to film the surface of Mars up over his backpack, puts on snow shoes and sets out up in wintery Northern Canada to film wolves in the wild. This is a work of patience: he goes days between getting a good shot. (The "Actors" often don't cooperate!) He and his family later foster a pack of semi-captive wolves to study their behavior close-up. (We aren't there yet.)
This was doubtless his most commercially successful film: It was shown in broad theatrical release all over North America and grossed an estimated 5 Million dollars (-back when you could buy a nice house for $30,000!).
It is my sole 16mm Feature. (I'm kind of new to the "big stuff") It is fairly red, but then again I got it for 12 Bucks and the cyan filter makes things much better. It's a shame about the redness: the surface condition of this print is actually very good, but I guess that's where the 12 bucks comes from.
Tonight and tomorrow night: reels 2 and 3.
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Last night I got to run one I’m sure we are all familiar with…
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Evan,
I vaguely recall that one......What a beautiful looking print!
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Raiders was at the root of one of the most memorable movie experiences I've ever had!
When I was a teenager, my family went camping with a bunch of others in Upstate New York. Saturday Night, a bunch of the younger people decided to go into town and go to a movie. That night it was Raiders. It was an old single screen cinema, beautifully decorated: looking very much in its prime. The town really turned out, and the atmosphere in line was friendly and people seemed very happy to be there.
Movies like this become like a familiar song after we've seen them many times: you know what to expect and you savor it as it comes. Yet for everybody in the audience that night this was of course the first time and everything we expect these days was still a surprise! The crowd really got into it: I remember that moment where the swordsman threatened Indy, and he just pulled out his gun and shot him, and the crowd just roared!
-just the perfect night for a movie like this, in the perfect atmosphere to appreciate it! A movie like Raiders was meant from the start to be enjoyed on a big screen in front of a big crowd.
Who knows: maybe that night added a little to my own appreciation of movies these days!Comment
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One day we may see a nice 600ftr
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Way behind with my 16mm but finally got round to watching Good old George in Keep Fit. Prints probably 70 years old and still funny.
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Thought I would catch up this evening on a couple of films I got recently but never got to screen..... until now.
Fowled Up Falcon 1x 200' - Woody Woodpecker cartoon. Colour faded a bit but otherwise okay.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1x 2000' & 1x 1600' - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
The Waltons - The Scholar 1x 2000' - An early episode in which John Boy teaches a neighbour to read and write. Lovely colour.Comment
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I premiered to myself a promotional film for an International Harvester 47 combine and other farm Equipment that I purchased last week at a garage sale.
I have another film about International Harvester equipment with it but the first minute or so is damaged and I am out of 16mm presstapes.
They must’ve used Kodachrome and not Ektachrome stock because the colors are very vibrant and not faded to red and pink!
I posted a minute of it on my YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/watch?v=h6iXv1s2bpc&feature=shareaComment
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